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Hyperverbal vs Verbose - What's the difference?

hyperverbal | verbose |

As adjectives the difference between hyperverbal and verbose

is that hyperverbal is highly verbal; tending to talk very much while verbose is abounding in words, containing more words than necessary long winded, or windy.

hyperverbal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Highly verbal; tending to talk very much.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 5, author=Mark Harris, title=Fifth Alarm for That Haunted Fireman, work=New York Times citation
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    verbose

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.
  • (computing) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
  • * 2001 , Richard Blum, Postfix (page 532)
  • You should use verbose logging sparingly. Turning on verbose logging for every process would result in log files so large they would become useless.

    Synonyms

    * wordy * long-winded * See also

    Antonyms

    * concise * terse

    Anagrams

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